US7972027B1ActiveUtility
Illuminated door
Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jul 18, 2008Filed: Jul 18, 2008Granted: Jul 5, 2011
Est. expiryJul 18, 2028(~2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:John D. Hatfield
F21Y 2113/00F21V 23/001F21Y 2103/00F21V 33/006F21S 2/00F21V 17/107F21S 8/031F21V 23/02E06B 3/485
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Claims
Abstract
The invention is a light kit that attaches to the interior portion of garage door panels in order to illuminate the garage when either the garage door is open or closed. The kit includes a plurality of lights with corresponding mounting brackets, a watt reducer, lighting box, and a spring-loaded electrical wiring system.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1. A garage door illumination kit comprising:
(a) a plurality of light boxes;
wherein each lighting box attaches to the inner surface of a garage door by a fastening means;
wherein each lighting box has a plurality of mounting brackets;
wherein the light mounting brackets have fixtures for attaching a light bulb;
(b) a watt reducer;
wherein the watt reducer is electrically wired to all of the light mounting brackets;
(c) a spring-loaded electrical wiring system further comprising a creel, an electrical wire, and a plurality of pulleys;
wherein the pulleys and the spring-loaded creel are mounted onto a garage door track and rail of a garage door;
wherein the electrical wire of the spring-loaded electrical wiring system connects along end to the electrical wiring of the garage door illumination kit;
wherein the opposite end of the electrical wire of the spring-loaded electrical wiring system connects to an electrical supply;
wherein the spring-loaded electrical wiring system provides a continuous supply of electricity to the light bulbs regardless of whether a garage door is open, closed, opening, or closing; and
wherein the garage door illumination kit provides interior lighting for the garage.
2. The garage door illumination kit as described in claim 1 wherein the mounting box further comprises a box and a cover, which attaches to and opens from the box via a hinge.
3. The garage door illumination kit as described in claim 2 wherein the fastening means comprises screwing, nailing, riveting, bolting, gluing, magnets, or welding.
4. The garage door illumination kit as described in claim 3 wherein the light bulb that attaches to the light mounting bracket may be a fluorescent bulb, a Halogen bulb, or an incandescent light bulb.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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